Chelidonic acid explained
Chelidonic acid is a heterocyclic organic acid with a pyran skeleton.
Preparation
Chelidonic acid can be prepared in two steps from diethyl oxalate and acetone:[1]
Uses
Chelidonic acid is used to synthesize 4-pyrone via thermal decarboxylation.[2]
Natural occurrence
Chelidonic acid was first discovered in extracts of Chelidonium majus.[3] [4] [5] It occurs naturally in plants of the Asparagales order.[6] Potassium chelidonate has been found to be responsible for nyctinasty in some plants; specifically, it has been found to regulate the closing of leaves of Cassia mimosoides at nightfall.[7] [8]
See also
Notes and References
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- Book: Weygand. Conrad. Hilgetag. G.. Martini. A.. Weygand/Hilgetag Preparative Organic Chemistry. 1972. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. New York. 0471937495. 1009. 4th.
- Book: Roscoe. H.E.. Schorlemmer. C.. A Treatise on Chemistry, Volume 3, Part 2. 1890. D Appleton and Company. New York. 624. 1st.
- Probst, Joseph M. A. (1839) "Beschreibung und Darstellungsweise einiger bei der Analyse des Chelidonium majus aufgefundenen Stoffe" (Description and methods of preparation of some substances found during the analysis of Chelidonium majus), Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, 29 (2) : 113–131 ; see especially pp. 116–118.
- See also: Lerch, Joseph Udo (1846) "Untersuchung der Chelidonsäure" (Investigation of chelidonic acid), Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, 57 : 273–318.
- Web site: Asparagales. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 30 August 2017.
- 10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00134-4. Leaf-opening substance of a nyctinastic plant, Cassia mimosoides. Phytochemistry. 49. 3. 633. 1998. Ueda. Minoru. Ohnuki. Takashi. Yamamura. Shosuke.
- Ueda. Minoru. Yamamura. Shosuke. 1998 . Chemical studies on plant movement . Current Organic Chemistry . 2 . 4 . 437–461.